Displacement, velocity, acceleration

 Kinemetics is the description of motion; it concerns only the accurate

description of the positions of objects, and the change in their positions. It does
not deal with the sources of their motion; we'll discuss dynamics in a few
weeks.
 Displacement is a vector which points from the initial position of an object to
its final position. The standard units of displacement are meters.
 Velocity is a vector which shows the direction and rate of motion. The standard
units of velocity are meters per second.
 Speed and velocity are not the same thing: speed is a scalar, whereas velocity is
a vector. One must use different rules when combining speeds and combining
velocities.
 The average velocity of an object is the total displacement during some
extended period of time, divided by that period of time.
 Instantaneous velocity, on the other hand, describes the motion of a body at one
particular moment in time.
 Acceleration is a vector which shows the direction and magnitude of changes
in velocity. Its standard units are meters per second per second, or meters per
second squared.
 Average acceleration is the total change in velocity (magnitude and direction)
over some extended period of time, divided by the duration of that period.
 Instantaneous acceleration is the rate and direction at which the velocity of an
object is changing at one particular moment.
 In everyday English, we use the term decelerate to describe the slowing of a
body, but physicists use the word accelerate to denote both positive and
negative changes in speed.